The long-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed novel "The Men from the Boys" maintains the cattiness and clever barbs, while addressing is...
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Jun 20, 2011
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DNF
Nothing's any better, I'm afraid. The dialogue is more turgid than the characters' winkies ever get, and it's still loaded with mentions of the speakers' names. (Didn't this book have an editor?) On one page alone, where there was a conversation between two men, the speakers addressed each other by name 11 times. That's 11 times in 15 pieces of dialogue! I can't take much more.
In addition, and in spite of all the crying the guys do, this 400+-page to More...
DNF
Nothing's any better, I'm afraid. The dialogue is more turgid than the characters' winkies ever get, and it's still loaded with mentions of the speakers' names. (Didn't this book have an editor?) On one page alone, where there was a conversation between two men, the speakers addressed each other by name 11 times. That's 11 times in 15 pieces of dialogue! I can't take much more.
In addition, and in spite of all the crying the guys do, this 400+-page to More...
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Aug 28, 2011
Askuhlman
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There's something very intriguing to me about the process of choosing a book. I look at a shelf, stocked to the brim with a collection of novels. All of these novels are categorized and separated by what they are "about". I found this book under one simple category title...fiction: literature. At first I remember thinking, "That's how you can describe this book? Nothing else. Nothing." And now, as I finish this book after 48 short hours, I understand why. This book is undefin
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Jan 07, 2010
Mark
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I really like what this book is about-- the family that we chose for ourselves and how (like biological family) its struggles are intencse--and the impact of grief, how people deal or don't deal with it, individually and collectively. I also liked reading about both sides of the whole circuit party thing, the fact that nobody talks about AIDS anymore and the internalzied and external (of course) effects of homophobia. I like that this is all percolated into what is essentially a romance novel
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Aug 24, 2011
Dolphe
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It is often an easy matter to say "I liked this book" or "I didn't like this book", but sometimes the simplest descriptions don't always apply. For instance, we may not LIKE the road we're forced to travel in life, but we may LIKE where the hardships lead us. In "Where the Boys Are", many of the characters are undeniably hard to like and sometimes too "holier than thou" to be tolerated ... but, that's okay ... since they end up leading us somewhere we ne
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Jan 19, 2011
Vfields
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This was a novel that followed three friends for one year while they deal with AIDS, love, money and friendship. The whole book was a bit soapy but never got too whiny. It was a long, large book that I did enjoy.
Apr 09, 2011
Skip
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Even though I started off not really liking some of these chracters, Mann makes it hard to put the book down. There were many moments when I truly did connect with many of these folks...
I Really liked the way the characters evolve and grow, even though there were a few plot devices that didn't seem to make a whole lot of sense... Was Jeff really just sitting around not working for four years...? (Or at least when he wasn't jumping from one circuit party to another...)
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I Really liked the way the characters evolve and grow, even though there were a few plot devices that didn't seem to make a whole lot of sense... Was Jeff really just sitting around not working for four years...? (Or at least when he wasn't jumping from one circuit party to another...)
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Jul 13, 2009
Rosie
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I liked this book the best of the three in the Jeff/Lloyd trilogy. So emotional!
Jun 23, 2009
Jon
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I actually picked up this sequel to Mann's The Men From The Boys before I realized there was a previous book; half-way through the novel, I just HAD to read the first book since I kept hearing so much about the infamous Javitz! Excellent, excellent summer reading for the beach; light reading but excellent character development - you can't help but fall in love with these characters!
Dec 05, 2008
Joe
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I don't think I liked this book as much as The Men From The Boys, but I still enjoyed it! I am not part of the dance circuit scene, but found the storyline that took place there to be very interesting.
May 06, 2008
Scott
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great novel examining the lives of Boston circuit boys, thier lives and relationships. Huge step above most gay novels I've read before.
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